| Year |
|
Club |
Player |
Games |
Goals |
Votes |
Honours |
| 1981 |
|
Richmond |
David Tiller |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1982 |
|
Sydney |
Greg Anderson |
162 (0) |
79 |
52 |
AA: 1993; Magarey: 1986; Larke: 1983 |
| 1986 |
|
Geelong |
Mark O'Keefe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1987 |
|
St Kilda |
Patrick Browne |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1988 |
|
North Melbourne |
Anthony Stevens |
292 |
127 |
62 |
AA: 1998; B&F: 1997, 1999; Prem: 1996, 1999 |
| 1989 |
|
Richmond |
Robert Wren |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1990 |
|
North Melbourne |
Danny Millar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1991 |
|
Carlton |
Matthew Hogg |
114 |
38 |
5 |
Prem: 1995 |
| 1992 |
|
Geelong |
Leigh Colbert |
209 (105) |
64 |
25 |
|
| 1993 |
|
Carlton |
Simon Beaumont |
179 (152) |
101 |
7 |
|
| 1994 |
|
Geelong |
Robert Di Rosa |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1995 |
|
Adelaide |
Brent Williams |
7 |
4 |
0 |
|
| 1996 |
|
Geelong |
Gerrard Bennett |
32 (0) |
11 |
1 |
|
| 1997 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Mark Alvey |
59 (45) |
31 |
4 |
|
| 1998 |
|
Fremantle |
Daniel Schell |
27 (16) |
20 |
0 |
|
| 1999 |
FS |
Collingwood |
Rhyce Shaw |
237 (94) |
44 |
22 |
Prem: 2012 |
| 2000 |
|
West Coast |
Daniel Kerr |
220 |
122 |
114 |
AA: 2007; Christian: 2007, 2012; AFLPA 1st: 2001; Prem: 2006 |
| 2001 |
|
Essendon |
Shane Harvey |
14 (11) |
13 |
0 |
|
| 2002 |
|
North Melbourne |
Kris Shore |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2003 |
|
Brisbane |
Llane Spaanderman |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2004 |
|
Brisbane |
Cameron Wood |
88 (16) |
28 |
0 |
|
| 2005 |
|
Hawthorn |
Max Bailey |
43 |
10 |
0 |
Prem: 2013 |
| 2006 |
Priority |
Essendon |
Leroy Jetta |
93 |
80 |
3 |
|
| 2007 |
Priority |
Richmond |
Alex Rance |
200 |
9 |
31 |
AA: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018; B&F: 2015; Prem: 2017 |
| 2008 |
Priority |
West Coast |
Luke Shuey |
248 |
142 |
93 |
B&F: 2016, 2019; Norm Smith: 2018; AA40: 2016, 2019; Prem: 2018 |
| 2009 |
|
Melbourne |
Luke Tapscott |
48 |
12 |
0 |
|
| 2010 |
|
Carlton |
Matthew Watson |
23 |
10 |
0 |
|
| 2011 |
|
North Melbourne |
Brad McKenzie |
37 |
6 |
0 |
|
| 2012 |
|
Collingwood |
Brodie Grundy |
200 (177) |
71 |
65 |
AA: 2018, 2019; B&F: 2018, 2019 |
| 2013 |
|
St Kilda |
Luke Dunstan |
121 (116) |
46 |
17 |
|
| 2014 |
NSW Zone |
Sydney |
Isaac Heeney |
183 |
236 |
46 |
AA: 2022; AFLCA Young: 2016; AFLPA 1st: 2015 |
| 2015 |
|
St Kilda |
Jade Gresham |
142 (136) |
145 |
17 |
|
| 2016 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Sam Powell-Pepper |
141 |
105 |
21 |
|
| 2017 |
|
Brisbane |
Brandon Starcevich |
103 |
6 |
0 |
|
| 2018 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Xavier Duursma |
79 (73) |
36 |
0 |
|
| 2019 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Mitch Georgiades |
52 |
72 |
2 |
|
| 2020 |
|
GWS |
Ryan Angwin |
16 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2021 |
|
Sydney |
Angus Sheldrick |
9 |
3 |
0 |
|
| 2022 |
|
Hawthorn |
Joshua Weddle |
23 |
6 |
1 |
|
| 2023 |
|
St Kilda |
Darcy Wilson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|